Arvid Adolf Etholén

Arvid Adolf Etholén, or Adolf Karlovich Etolin (Russian: Адольф Карлович Этолин; 9 January 1799, Helsinki – 29 March 1876, Elimäki) was a naval officer, explorer and administrator in the Russian Empire who was employed by the Russian-American Company from July 1818.

Kiril Timofeevich Khlĕbnikov [ru]'s Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America (1835), quotes Baranov: "If only the Main Office could have sent me men like yourselves earlier, then I would very likely have had more success, and I would have found it pleasant to pass the time in their company!".

[1] Etholén transferred from the Imperial Russian Navy to the service of the Russian-American Company in July 1818.

He served in the Pacific from 1818 to 1825 as ship's master, and was part of a group that surveyed the Bering Sea from 1822 to 1824.

Etholén resigned from the Russian American Company in 1847 with the rank of Rear Admiral.